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IMPATIENS SCAPIFLORA. STEMLEss BALSAM. 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Batsaminea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Anthere quinque, nempe 3 biloculares, 2 ante petalum 
superius I-loculares. Stigmata 5 coalita. Capsula pris- 
matico-teretiuscula, elongata ; valvis a basi ad apicem ex- 
trorsum revolutis. Cotyledones planiuscule. Pedunculi 
axillares, ramosi, multiflori. Capsule glabre.—Folia al- 
terna. DC, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Impatiens* scapiflora ; radice tuberosa, foliis radicalibus cor- 
datis glanduloso-serratis, scapo apice racemoso, calyce 
3-sepalo, sepalo inferiore longissime calcarato, petalo 
superiore (seu anteriore) galeiformi, reliquis 4 per 
paria connatis quorum lateralibus oblongo-falcatis, in- 
terioribus (y. infimis) oblique cuneatis. 
Impatiens scapiflora. Heyne, Wall in Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 464. 
Wall. Cat. n. 4758. Wight Cat. n. 446. 
Impatiens bulbosa. “ Moon Cat. Ceyl. Pl. p. 18.” 
MPATIENS acaulis. Arn. in Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 1. 
p. 325. (Exempl. in Herb. nostr.) 
It has seldom been our good fortune to figure a more in- 
teresting plant than the one here given ; or one that, at first 
sight, would appear less to belong to the very natural Genus 
of which it is, in my opinion, undoubtedly a member, Impa- 
lens. 
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* So called on account of the elastic nature of the valves of the capsule, 
which throw out the seeds with considerable force. 
